Rudamentary question

Ruby
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Greetings,
I’m looking to write a script to perform the functions listed as below,
would anyone have any ideas as to how I might approach this situation:

  1. I have a file called “David Slater - Pensive Moments.txt” which I
    wish to format to look like “David_Slater_-_Pensive_Moments.txt”:
    Therefore translating all spaces for underscores.
  2. I have a file called “[01] I am a fish.mp3” which I want to look like
    “01-I_Am_A_Fish.mp3” thus removing open brackets around numbers at the
    beginning, replacing the space between the number and name with a dash
    and performing the listed function as above.
  3. The listed functions are required to be performed recursively across
    directory trees.
    Any assistance people can provide would be most appreciated.
    Regards,
    Hayden Smith

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Hayden Smith wrote:

Greetings,
I’m looking to write a script to perform the functions listed as below, would anyone have any ideas as to how I might approach this situation:

  1. I have a file called “David Slater - Pensive Moments.txt” which I wish to format to look like “David_Slater_-_Pensive_Moments.txt”: Therefore translating all spaces for underscores.
  2. I have a file called “[01] I am a fish.mp3” which I want to look like “01-I_Am_A_Fish.mp3” thus removing open brackets around numbers at the beginning, replacing the space between the number and name with a dash and performing the listed function as above.
  3. The listed functions are required to be performed recursively across directory trees.
    Any assistance people can provide would be most appreciated.
    Regards,
    Hayden Smith

Here are some places to start:

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Dir.html#M002347
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.src/M000832.html
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.src/M002560.html

-Justin

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You should be able to make something out of:

The code is left as an exercise for the reader. :slight_smile:

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Hayden Smith schrieb:

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I would use a construct like this to replace the parts:
string.gsub(/^[(\d+)]\s?/,
‘\1-’).gsub(/\s+([-+\w])/){"_#{$1.upcase}"}.gsub(/^-/, ‘’)
where string is your filename (works for both versions ;))